Wednesday 21 April 2010 at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Timetable

The S2S Social Enterprise Fair spans full two days, starting with excellent networking opportunities on the Study Tours and at the Drinks Reception & UK Election Hustings on Tuesday 20th April and continuing on Wednesday 21st April with an extensive range of Workshops and short demonstrations and talks in The Zone. Refer to the full Timetable below for details of each day's events. Book your place now »

Tuesday 20 April 2010 See schedule for Wednesday 21 April ↓
Morning Tours
10am — 12.30pm

Afternoon Tours
1.30pm — 4pm

Study Tours

Would you like the opportunity to visit a number of social enterprises and see firsthand how they are run? Each tour will take approximately 2.5 hours and will include visits to three of Edinburgh's social enterprises. The tours include a mixture of new and established social enterprises and you will spend approximately 45 minutes meeting a key member of staff and hearing about their experiences, there will also be the opportunity for questions and answers.

Morning Tours run from 10am — 12.30pm

Tour 1 — 6 places

  • EFI / Refurnish4Less
  • Capital Credit Union
  • The Melting Pot

Tour 2Sorry, this tour is fully booked

  • McSence Group of companies

Afternoon tours run from 1.30pm — 4pm

Tour 3 — 6 places

  • Caring Christmas Trees
  • RequipIT
  • Intowork

Tour 4 — 6 places

  • The Bike Station
  • Re-Union
  • The Engine Shed

This is an ideal opportunity to network, meeting the others in your tour group as well as well as the host social enterprises. You will be able to get much more out of the S2S Fair with your newfound connections.

If you want to book one of the remaining places on the tour please contact Janet on janet@ednet.co.uk or 07841 066 421. Please specify your name, mobile phone number, email address and which tour you are most interested in attending.

2pm — 5.30pm

Exhibitor Set-up

5.30pm — 8pm

Drinks Reception / UK Election Hustings for exhibitors, sponsors and stakeholders.

With the UK General Elections just days away, this enjoyable networking event over wine and canapés will also provide the opportunity to question representatives from the main political parties about their support and future policies for social enterprise. Sponsored by Forth Sector.

Hustings speakers are:

  • Gavin Brown MSP - Scottish Conservatives
  • Alistair Carmichael MP - Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Patrick Harvie MSP - Scottish Greens
  • Mark Lazarowicz MP - Scottish Labour
  • Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP - SNP
Wednesday 21 April 2010 See schedule for Tuesday 20 April ↑
8am — 8.45am

Final Exhibitor Set-up

9am — 4pm

S2S 2010 open for business

10am — 4pm

Workshops

For more details please visit the Workshops page

10am — 4pm

The Zone

Zone events will be happening in the main hall. For more details please visit The Zone page

Testimonials from attendees of the S2S 2010 Social Enterprise Fair…

“This is the one key event during the year which brings the full range of social enterprises together rather than in their sectors”